Panoramas

A collection of panoramic photos from all over the world.
Some panoramas also have a link to a QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) version. These are often quite large and take several minutes to download, but the unique perspective of seeing from the photographers point of view is worth the time. It's like being there yourself. You will also need to download the QuickTime plugin from Apple to view it.
Once downloaded, you can use your mouse to click and drag in any direction to view the entire image. You can also use keyboard cursor keys to scroll.

A 270° panorama of the Bellagio fountain show at night in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

This panorama was stitched together from a 15 minute series of handheld shots taken atop one of the large balustrades surrounding the Bellagio's fountain pool. Casinos in the photo from left to right: Flamingo, Bally's, Paris, Cosmopolitan, Bellagio.

Panorama of Downtown Vancouver, BC and the Inner Harbour, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This view of Vancouver no longer exists. The Inner Harbour now has boathouses where these docks once were. The skyline has more buildings, the boat traffic increased and the water never appears this calm now.

This photo is a 30-second exposure using a Hasselblad XPan. The resulting 65mm x 24mm image film positive was scanned using a Canoscan FS4000US film scanner.

360° panorama of the Himalayas along the trekking route to Gokyo Ri near Namche Bazaar, Nepal.
This is not a very good image when enlarged since it was taken without a tripod and stitched from film scans.

The original image dimensions are 10865 × 3178 pixels (34.5 megapixels) composited from 2 sets of 22 photos (11 above, 11 below) with minimal HDR processing to bring out the color of the sky, clouds and water. Both sets of photos were shot at 70mm, f/8 and ISO 400 on a tripod with a panoramic head. The top half of the image was taken over a period of about 45 seconds to avoid ghosting of the clouds since they were moving quickly. The bottom half was taken at a more leisurely pace. The first set was at 0.5 second exposure and second set at 0.125 second. An HDR composite image was generated from the different exposures of each section and then stitched together for the final image.

360° panorama at the Temple of Hatshepsut near Luxor, Egypt. Here's the QTVR version (705Kb) You'll notice a lot of ghost images of people. Normally I remove these ghosts, but left them in to show how this is not a static image.

The color of the water has not been enhanced. The vivid blue color is the result of the dark water from the depth of the lake and the clarity of the air at high altitude.
The original image is 33.4 megapixels